Italy adds femicide to criminal code with life sentence
Prosecutors must charge gender-based killings under new femicide offence
Change
Italy added femicide to its criminal code and set life imprisonment as the punishment.
Why it matters
The law defines femicide as the deliberate killing of women and girls because of gender, creating a specific criminal offence.
Implications
- — Prosecutors must assess gender motive in relevant homicide cases — qualifying cases now fall under the femicide offence
- — Criminal defence teams must account for life-sentence exposure — case strategy changes where femicide is charged
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